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Welcome Fritz and Hilde.
Our new German Wirehair Pointer Puppies!
The dogs I said we absolutely were NOT GETTING!
I wash my hands of the resultant consequences of this lack of respect for my authority by my loving husband. For instance, the recent loss of an entire nights sleep!

On the other hand, how cute are they? And the kids love them. We all laughed hysterically as Trent got licked completely clean.

They are 14 weeks old, so some of their training has already been started. They are mostly potty trained, and are learning their new names quickly. For puppies they are very mellow, not at all chaotic. If they're not wrestling eachother, they are snuggling. Marshall's Aunt commented that he must really be grieving to have to get TWO dogs. I always said, the next time around we would get two so they could keep eachother company. As brother and sister, they are good at doing that.


Callie is taking her responsibilites very seriously. To the point of tears if something doesn't go quite right. She doesn't realize they are only just puppies and are still learning to listen. The first night we had them she didn't leave their side for 3 hours straight. I finally had to seperate her from them. She was trying to let one out and it ran off before she could get it hooked on the line. After a bit of chasing, she finally grabbed the dog and drug it back into the garage, crying the whole time. "The puppies aren't listening to me Mom!"

I was soooo not looking for this kind of responsibility again, but as usual life is always interesting at our house!

Chasing Time Rewind

I. Am. Sooooooooooooooo.
Behind! You remember April right? Sure, it was just last month.
WHERE DID THAT TIME GO?
I guess Chasing Time Rewind is becoming a regular feature on this blog!

An extra day off school and a welcomed invitation for a playdate brought Callie and I to the Zoo. Though the bears were still in hybernation, it couldn't have been a nicer day. A little taste of Spring, which seems to now be a distant memory with all this rain and yuckyness! Is Spring always this windy?


We hosted Easter which was a pleasure and a pain at the same time. (So much going on earlier that morning.) The families came in shifts. My family first, a little mixer in-between and then Marshall's family. I do like having people over, I just need more practice at it! Practice makes perfect right!
Leah organized a little Easter Egg hunt for that side of the family and of course we all dyed easter eggs!

Usually a mother's day project, the piers went in early this year.
My Dad got a little more water in his waders than usual, and Jack took a swim!

April Showers bring May flowers and I finally got mine planted! Just in time for the return of the sunshine!

Homemade Granola

I've had this recipe on my fridge for months. We (Marshall) finally made it.
YUM!
So good, so easy and soooo much cheaper than buying granola in the store.
Also you can add what ever ingredients you want. We added dates and raisins.
Our receipt for the first four ingredients plus the dates was $13.78, and that will make us at least 4 more batches!

2 cups Regular Rolled Oats
1/2 cup Flaked Coconut
1/2 cup chopped or slivered Almonds
1/2 cup shelled Sunflower Seeds
1/2 cup Honey or Maple Syrup
1/3 cup Cooking oil

Combine Oats, Coconut, Almonds and Sunflower Seeds.
Combine Honey/Syrup and Oil, stir into Oat Mixture.
Spread evenly onto a greased baking pan.
Bake at 300' for 30-35 minutes or til lightly browned. Stir after 20 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool onto tin foil.
Break into clumps.
Cover tightly and store at room temperature for up to 2 weeks or seal in freezer bags and freeze for longer storage.
Makes 6 cups.

Next batch, dried Cranberries and brown sugar.

Getting Religion

Congratulations on your First Communion Trent!
Everyone is so proud of you!
Unlike his First Reconciliation in which he said to me every 3 minutes, "I'm ready, what's next", until I finally realized it wasn't the confession part he wanted to get to but the part afterward when we were going to Super Wal-mart! All through this ceremony Trent kept saying, "I'm excited. I'm excited!" And he would squeeze my arm or kiss my cheek! He was really into it and focused. He even did a short reading.
When it came time he asked me if he could try the wine. I said, of course he could, and even though I didn't take it, he did. I got a good chuckle when afterward he told me, "He wanted to try it, but it was too sour, so he tipped the cup up, but didn't actually drink any!" I'm glad he was willing to try.
Click on over to Jennyography for more deep thoughts on "Getting Religion".

Help Wanted?

This is Trent's idea of loading the dishwasher.
Ummmm....those cups won't get clean that way!